when i first saw it and actually thought that at first. i had been reading for a few hours on my computer before i picked up where i left off in the book......my eyes were fried

06-14-2006

whiteflags

I'm sorry, what is the significance of SOS? It doesn't mean Save Our Ship anymore?

Gah... Dan Brown... confusing everyone.

06-14-2006

Mario F.

It's actual mean is "Save Our Souls"

06-14-2006

Govtcheez

In reality, it means Stop Our Stool. It was developed because of Montezuma's Revenge.

06-14-2006

Morgul

The letters S O S are easy to produce and remember in Morse Code, so it became common for SOS to be used in distress signals, I don't know if it has a specific meaning.

06-14-2006

Mario F.

Read above. They have.

06-14-2006

Morgul

After posting that I did a little research on it, and it has no meaning. It was originally devised by Germans in 1905 and was adopted as international standard after that. The meanings were added afterwards and none are official.